World Rebellion
Dirty Pillar 7
Colorless Snake And the White Emperor
It was a dream no nightmare of pure terror. An image of the end to come. The unknown chaotic destiny that even I did not truly know awaits this world.
I have been having these dreams a lot recently. At first these things showed the obvious image of Trihexa the Beast of Apocalypse. The dreams showed Rizevim and the Evil Dragon path the resurrect the beast and it eventual rampage throughout all mythologies.
Now however recently these dreams has been changing bit by bit. At first it was relatively small changes like the roles of less important people in this journey. Though that was expected concluding my presence here will more than most likely changed many things.
However at it progress many important events started shifting. At first it was the sephiroth grail which no longers appears in these dreams. I was of course confused at first but I believed that it was simply a sign that I managed to prevent Rizevim from taking it.
However as things progressed many more only changed. For instance many important characters no longer appeared in the 'arcs' that starred them. Eventually said character got excluded from these dreams all together.
Then as if to spite me some 'arcs' disappeared only to reappear. Though they were different now. I can't put my finger on it has when I wake the images of these dreams would always become a blurry memory. However my instinct as a Dragon told me so.
Finally the biggest change however was that the Beast of Apocalypse, the Evil Dragons, and even Rizevim was altered completely. Thus taking me to this current dream now.
This dream that showed the end of the world as I knew it. I saw the combined army of all Mythologies banded together. Lead by Maou, Gods, Angel, Vampire, Werewolf, Dragons, Top 10 in the world and many more. I saw the image of the great vanguard. Me holding upon his hand a sword of absolute power I did not recognize. Despite the aura radiating from it surpassing that of even True Longinus.
Facing the combined armies of Myth. A single Devil, no a single Demon stood tall. By his side 6 other imposing figure looked down upon the combined might of all of Myth. As if they were looking down at nothing more than mere insects.
I thought that there was no way they could do it alone that no matter what this would be a one sided victory for the Mythologies faction. No matter how strong each and everyone of them are alone. Surely with everyone against them they would tire out eventually right?
I was wrong. When the fighting first began one of the 6 imposing figure spread it angelic wings and summoned a bolt of lighting from the sky. Defensive maneuvers were of course taken but with the exception of the more powerful beings most of the weakers one that were less than ultimate class had died. Which amounted to a good 70% of the entire army.
However not all was bad as even from my place of an observer of this 'dream' I could clearly see that the being that fired the blast had lost most of it power. Thus the order to charge forward was made. In hope that we could arrive before the enemy could fire a second shot.
It was a bloody battle. The army of Myth pushed against the Demons personal Guard but they easily pushed back. By the end of everything a great many had sacrificed themselves in order to clear a path for the young hero and his allies forward.
Finally they faced the Demon last line of defense the Angel that had decimated 70% of their forces with the first strike of lighting. She had been restored to the prime of her power and now stand in the way again.
To allow the 3 Heavenly Dragons to move forward the Gremory Peerage, the entire Sitri Peerage, and Vali team faced the mighty Angel. Of course they were opposed of this idea at first however after some convincing they continued on.
Moving forward with the faith of their comrades in their hearts. The 3 Heavenly Dragons arrived at the throne room of the Demon only to find that it was empty. However moments later a portal appeared in the room leading to the Dimension Gap. Followed then by the pressure of ungodly power that would shake even the being within the top 10 in the world.
Suddenly the echoes of footsteps could be heard as a single blurry figure appeared from the portal. However no matter how close the Demon got I could never discern his figure. Not in this dream nor in the last.
" Ah. The 3 Heavenly Lizard are here to fight me?" The figure asked in a carefree tone as if us 3 werent even a threat.
" Why? Why are you doing all of this?" The me in the dream asked.
Okay this was different I had never made it this far until now. Before this the dream would alway cut off here.
" Why you ask. Well it for many reason. It is for the sister that was fated to die. It is for the girl that will always be discarded by everyone. It is for the boy that is destined to continue losing. It is for the genius that had no choice but to abandon his own is for the spirit that just wanted to help others but will continue to only ever take." The demons took a pause.
" It is for the chained [wind] that no longer shall blow and grace many with his is even for the friend that was born as a stepping stone for another and so many more important reason you could possibly not fathom. However most of all it is for me who never knew of true freedom." The Demon spoke out honestly though neither the dream me nor the current me could truly understand the meaning behind his words.
" So for such a reason you do this! You commit these atrocities! You ruined and kills hundreds of thousand of lives." The dream me screamed.
" You could not possibly understand. Nor could you ever truly understand why I must do, what I do. I am through with you." The demon spoke with finality as he unleashed his power.
" Like hell we will let you do as you please with this world." Issei spoke before beginning his chant.
Following suit dream me and Vali also begun chanting.
" Resisting is hopeless. You are far too late. I have already…"
Before the Demon could finish however the dream cut off. As I woke with a cold sweat running down my back while breathing heavily.
[Hey Partner what wrong?] Asked my other half Leonidas.
" Huuuu yeah. Everything okay Leonidas. Just another one of those prophetic dream." I replied.
[The one about Trihexa or the Demon?]
" The demon. I don't know why but lately the only dreams that I have gotten from 'KH' recently seems to be only that one." Isshiki answered while trying to recompose himself.
[Could it be that you have done something that could have possibly changed it] Leo asked.
" No that impossible I don't recall anything that could have changed the future of this world that I 'saw' (read) to such an extent." I answered in a slightly stress tone.
For a while there was only a depressing silence as I contemplated about the events that I saw blurry as they were now that I was awake.
[There is no point of thinking about it now when you don't have a single clue on what is wrong. Plus there something much more important to deal with as of right now. Don't you think?]
" Yeah you're right Leo. For now we got a fallen angel to fight." I said as I got up from my bed and prepared to leave.
Though until the very end I couldn't help but think about those last moment with that Demon and the final words I heard before the dream fully collapsed.
" ...Dealt with…"
POV change Zaxan
" I have already dealt with those other 2 annoying pest. So don't expect any backup." I said to Vali who was currently floating a few meters in front of me. Obviously referring to Kuroka and Bikou who seems to have tagged along with Vali to watch the fight.
It been a few days since I had talked with Sona and Serafall. Since then everything has gone the way it did in canon. With Kiba finding out Freed in possession of the Excaliburs along with Valper. They also confirmed my guess that Kokabiel is here.
Beside a few EXTREMELY MINOR differences such as Isshiki literal uselessness in every situation leading to this point nothing much has changed. The only exception is that Serafall bodyguard are now maintaining the barrier around the school allowing the student council to join in the fight.
Right about now they should just have finished dealing with the Cerberus and Valper should be making his stupid speech allowing Kiba to unleash balance breaker.
" Ara? No reaction don't you care about your allies current condition?" It should be mentioned that the entire time I was monologuing that Vali had been simply observing me.
" Hmmm. I don't sense any blood on you. So it pretty safe to assume that you only scared them off. Plus right now I think it more important to observe the person strong enough to so easily scare Kuroka and Bikou away." Vali said as a battle hungry grin appeared on his face.
Activating Time Alter Quadra Accel.
" Well then White Emperor why don't we get started then after all I already set up the barrier. No one will notice your humiliating defeat by me." I said with absolute confidence as if I was stating fact.
" Getting a bit overconfident in yourself aren't you?" Vali spoke as he donned his Balance Breaker.
Charging toward me a mach speed he closed the distance between in a moments notice. However I who was had Quadra Accel active easily saw through his attack.
So moments before his outstretched gauntlet encased hand could reach my face. I Tapped said hand with 2 outstretched finger ever so slightly. Causing said attack to miss completely. I could see the surprised look on Vali face through the lenses on his helmets as he soared right past me.
Turning around to face Vali. I saw that he had just re stabilize himself in mid-air from the sudden change in direction he had just experienced. His eyes were scanning me trying to figure out what in the world I just did. However ultimately in the end it was clear to me that he couldn't figure out anything at all on what just happened.
With nothing coming to mind Vali charged at me once more in the near exact same way as earlier. Though this time he was obviously focusing more on defense as he was moving a bit slower. Meaning this is a feint meant to lure me into exposing more of my technique secrets.
Moving my head just ever so slightly I managed to dodge his grab. Then when he got just a little closer I spun 360 degrees and then kicked him. However rather than Vali being ragdolled away like I expected. He instead latched onto my leg to keep himself from being sent flying away.
Then Vali suddenly let go and disappeared in a burst of speed only to reappear behind me. Of course I noticed this as I turned around just in time to changed to direction of his punch coming at me via swiping it away using the back of my right arm.
Time Alter Quintuple Accel
Closing in on the distance between me and him I unleashed a powerful palm thrust straight toward his stomach. Upon impact it created a huge shockwave. Though his armor was completely fine his inner organs were not but more importantly I took this moment to not only destroy not sent into disarray but destroy his center of balance but also ki center.
This is a technique that Sago-sensei proposed to me once he learned of my Force transfer ability. By doing this I leave my opponent completely helpless to respond to any of my attack after word as they will be to focus on trying to figure out which way is up, down, left, or right. Along with trying to recover the ability to focus strength and concentration into a proper attack. For any normal person this technique would be fatal. As the destruction of a ki center would mark the end of any martial artist career normally. However the destruction of the first would mean that someone would be on handicap for the rest of their life.
Good thing for Vali that supernatural user have figure out a way to near instantly recover from these to condition should someone try it mid battle. However here the thing it Near instantly meaning there an opening I can utilize to unleash a heavy barrage of combo attack on him.
Doing a simple karate kick straight to his face. I followed it up by grabbing his head and bring it down straight toward me knee that was in the midst of coming up to meet his head. Then finished it up I jumped into the air a bit and did a spin kick aiming for his head once more. The force of the kick sent him flying downward toward an already evacuated building splitting said building perfectly in 2.
Co-co-co-COMBO BREAKER!
Honestly I don't know why I only aimed for the head just then when it would have been more effective to just unleash a mad rush of random punches everywhere considering how I don't really need to use martial arts technique to maximize damage due to my force magic. Perhaps it was a desire of a version of me from another world. From another possibility.
Welp I can figure that one out a little later for now I have to focus on the Heavenly Lizard that just got out of the ruin remain of the building I sent him flying into.
Standing tall on top of the ruin remains of the rubble Vali was looking up upon me. While in turn I was looking down upon him. In a way it almost poetic if you ask me. The distance between us represented the absolutely huge gap in power between me and him.
It also honestly ironic. After all I who was from the beginning since the moment I was brought to this world no perhaps even before even that was someone who was meant to become nothing more than a stepping stone on the ground for someone else. While he was always meant to soar upon these high heaven gaining ever greater fame and power until his name would be regularly known throughout the world.
Suddenly Vali spread his wing wide and and flew back high into the sky circling around me in a random pattern mostly.
Suddenly out of nowhere Vali launched himself at me creating multiple sonic booms in the process despite the fact that he was already flying at around triple digit mach speed from the beginning in the first place
Stepping slightly out the way at the last moment I managed to just barely dodged his attack. Following that up I gave Vali a kick to the stomach. Sending him spinning even higher into the sky. Vali however managed to recover mid way and then charged at me once more.
He just doesn't learn his lesson does he.
Dodging out of the way of his attack once more. I got behind Vali and gave him and extremely quick punch toward the stomach breaking his center of gravity and Ki center again. Though this time I gave it an extra magical oomph.
The result? Not only was Vali sent flying but the entire back of his armor shattered to pieces that includes his wings by the way.
Of course Vali tried to stop himself but the destructions of his precious wings along with center of gravity and ki center made it near impossible. In fact when Vali started losing momentum rather than rebalance himself he just started falling down normally due to gravity.
Eventually Vali crashed onto the roof of a random apartment building before he managed to regain his bearing and repaired his armor.
" Why don't you give up and end this charade White Emperor. It should be clear as day that I am above you league. Go home back to Azazel and report that Kokabiel punishment shall be handed down by the devils."
My goal is after all to make sure that Vali doesn't make an appearance at all during this battle. Sure normally that would mean that the bastard down there in the barrier is dead meat. However as much as I hate to admit it they have that Gary Stu fucker Isshiki who had already unlocked Balance Break by the time he was 10. Kokabiel doesn't stand a chance.
" Why should I give up now when I just figured out the secret behind your technique along with your weakness. Oh Colorless Snake" Vali shouted back at me.
Locking eyes with the descendent of Lucifer. I saw in his eyes absolute confidence in his proclamation just now.
" Is that so White Emperor? Than tell me what is this secret and weakness you have discovered?" I asked.
" It simple you manipulating the literal force behind your punches and transfers all the damage they do straight to my inner organ. That why despite the fact that your punches admittedly hurts a lot they never create a crack in my armor well until just now that is but I could tell that last strike had some extra added magic infused in it." Vali took a brief pause
" However if your were truly my equal or superior those punches and kick of your should have been instantly fatal. Yet they only greatly hurt me. In other word you a pure speed type aren't you?" He finished while pointing at me.
In response all I did however was simply clap my hand like a complete Villain. A fun little habit that I gotten into my system through years of obviously playing the role of completely evil antagonist.
" A job well done White Emperor. You deduced my powers exactly. You are correct in assuming that I can indeed manipulate all forces. However a question. It clear that you had this little assumption since you first got hit by my combo or maybe even before that. So why did you not just simply start shooting me with energy blast to confirm this theory?"
After all if the limits of my powers were just simply forces transferring then it would be a 100 times safer to just attack from afar rather than close range. Plus this method would have stilled allowed him to find out if I was a pure speed type in the end also.
" The answer simple pride and curiosity." Vali spoke.
" Pride and Curiosity?" I wondered out loud.
" Yes pride and curiosity. Believe it or not you are the first pure speed type that I have ever fought in my life. So I was interested in how I would fair against one without using an obvious weakness. However at the same time I wanted to test myself."
At that moment I gave Vali a slightly confused look.
" You see despite the fact that I am known for my overwhelming mastery of Divine Dividing. Many look only as far as my mastery over it signature Divide ability. However contrary to that belief the thing I most excel at with my mastery over Divine Dividing is SPEED!"
Suddenly the wing on Vali back shone brightly. As moments after he rocketed toward me at an insane speed. Of course I tried to dodge however before I knew it he had closed the distance between us at a moment's notice. Taking a hold of my right shoulder so that I could not escape.
[Divide, Divide, Divide] The sound echoed out from his Divine Divide as I felt the gradual drop of mostly my speed spec.
Before Vali could continue though I gave him an extremely quick punch to the head that focused entirely in speed. A literal Moment later the sound of Divide from his light wings stopped.
What I just did was to put it simply used my force manipulation along with another magic to strike at Vali nervous system in such a way that it would shut down. Right about now not only have Vali organs and heart have stopped functioning but his brain also.
For a human unless on life support they would die pretty quickly however for a devil like Vali he can probably remain completely fine for maybe a couple of minutes. Mostly due to having magic to support him if his inner ultimately fail.
Well even if he were in danger the 'pillar' would simply find some kind of stupid excuse to keep the guy alive.
Anyway he should wake up in maybe 10 seconds so in that time. I freed my right shoulder from Vali grasp and then proceeded to launch an ultra powerful barrage at Vali. Negating all the force that would push him away and move him to focus that into pure damage. Right about now it would look like I am punching someone in time stop example Hit from Dragon Ball Super.
Finally on the last second when Vali would wake. I focused the forces of everything currently producing any kind of force into my one strike. All around us everything that generated force stopped moving as the force that allowed them to move in the first place had been stolen. Even the wind itself had stopped blowing. Don't misunderstand things like electric fans are still generating force it simply that the moments it does I steal said force to further empower my attack.
All Shattering Force I shouted the name of this attack. Releasing it toward Vali stomach. No shock wave was released as everything was focused on 2 things. Damage and pushing Vali away from me.
There was no sign of outer battle damage even on his armor. However I knew differently right about now. At this current momenti every single one of Vali organ should be crying in pain and near the point of absolute destruction. Hell if it weren't for the fact that I could tell the 'Pillar' interfered just now I am 100% sure I would have destroyed his heart along with every single organ in his body.
After all that attack just now could instantly put down even Maou class enemies even if I had just punched normally and not use my Force Manipulation to transfer the damage to his organ.
To be clear here Vali is definitely within Maou class range however that is not due to pure stats but a combination of that plus Divine Dividing admittedly powerful ability. Honestly speaking the current me is have a difficult time dealing with it now. This would be so much easier if this fight had been when I was 14.
Surprisingly most of all out of everything however was the fact that Vali not only managed to stay conscious after the attack just now despite the 'pillar' support but he also managed to stopped himself from being sent flying. Via what seems to be some kind of propulsion ability coming out of Divine Dividing.
Noticing the fact that Vali was charging a magical attack from close range using his left hand. I launched a punched toward his under arm at the last moment. Changing the place where he was aiming at. From me to toward the sky
Raising my right hand so that it opened palm was facing I shouted the name of another attack.
All Repulsing Force this is an ability that manipulate repulsing force to push things away from each other. Basically it's Pain's Shinra Tensei.
Instantly Vali was flung far away from me as he was sent crashing into the barrier around here. Completely helpless to stop himself. However he quickly recovered from this and began charging multiple energy blasts.
Most likely this mean he finally gotten serious or at least serious enough to use cheap tactics since he was definitely going 100% before this. Well excluding Juggernaut Drive.
The Weakness of all pure speed type like myself is that we lack any form of physical endurance and strength. So the best way the deal with people like me is to just bombard the entire place with Massive AOE attack and hope one of them hits. Just like that the average pure speed type would be down.
In response to his honestly cute tactics I tapped into a magical system from a certain magical world who main character I hate. Honestly I never watched the show myself and just randomly discovered the system one day while experimenting. Reason I didn't watch the show in the first place was because I found out the Protag was a Gary Stu. What makes using this system honestly more insulting is the fact that the strongest spells I know are a staple used by the gary stu main character.
Sadly however when you literally up against the plot you gotta resolve yourself to play dirty. Can't change the world with empty resolve after all.
The spell that I am using is actually already existent in the world of DxD and this one I am using is simply a much better variation. The weakness of both spells however is that one is require to fully analyze the spell composition of the enemy to use it.
For the average user this would be pretty hard well unless your name is Ajuka for me who enhanced magical eyes can literally find out the identity of a person by just looking at leftover residual magic energy in the air this technique is as easy to perform as breathing.
Said technique being? It just a simple magic spell canceler however this one makes the enemy pay for the MP cost of using the spell anyway and then via my own modification have that cost triple.
The name for this technique is " Gram Dispersion V2"
Instantly every single one of the 6 dozens of energy blast Vali was forming disappeared into oblivion. Along with his magical reserves which to a gigantic plunge. Thought not enough to apparently cause Vali to drop his Balance Break.
Charging an energy shot to finish Vali off. I was suddenly caught off guard out of nowhere when I detected an energy blast mere meters away from me. Despite the fact that my enhances sense can easily detect heavily concealed enemies from entire KILOMETERS away from me.
Safe to say with the attack so close I had no time to fully prepare myself before the sphere of energy exploded.
Vali POV
"Did I get him?" I said out loud to myself.
[Vali be careful I still sense his energy going strong after that one] Albion warned me.
" Got it."
With that bit of information given to me I decided that the moment the smoke clear I would capitalize on the moment. Now that I know that long ranged attack will just get cancelled it best to just fight close range.
It risky considering those deadly technique he has but it my only option. After all I have the strangest feeling that repeating my previous bombardment strategy will only make the situation worse.
Refocusing attention on the smoke my enemy was covered in. As the smoke cleared I saw his beaten form out of breath. The damage I done to him for a single causal attack was pretty substantial. Though not completely favorable considering he was a pure speed type.
Through probably pure experience he seemed to have been able to mitigate the damage of the blast toward his body to a few minor wounds and scratches. However in exchange his right arm seems to be unusable. There were 3rd degrees burn mark all over it and some part looked like it had beens completely charred black. Didn't help either that it was also dangling limb.
[ Vali now! Don't waste this moment when he still hasn't fully recovered!]
Following Albion's advice my wings glowed even brighter than before as I rushed toward the wounded individual in front of me. Closing the distance between us in a single moment.
I don't know why but despite all the damage I have sustained throughout this fight along with the sudden depletion of my mana. My body feels surprisingly light. Right now it feels as if I am in a better condition than when I began this fight.
Easily perceiving a punch that he sent my way. I narrowly dodged out of the way. Using it to position myself in the perfect place to punch him in the gut. What I found strange was that I met resistance before making impact. As if I was grinding against the frictional force of the wind itself.
In the end however it didn't stop my fist from ultimately reaching his stomach. Breaking a few ribs in the process. While also sending flying away.
I wasn't going to let him off just like that though. With a single flap of my wings I rushed toward the snake. Intercepting him mid flight and struck him again this time at his injured arm.
With a loud yell of anguish he was sent flying once more and like last time I intercepted him mid flight to send him flying again. I repeated this process again and again until about the 30th time when I felt that it was time to deal a finishing blow. Clasping both hand together I did a sledge hammer strike straight toward his head. Sending the snake helplessly hurtling toward the ground. Ultimately uplifting a lot of debris when he crash landed.
I'm sure that after the damage from that last blow he wasn't getting up. I made sure to put my all into each and everyone of the strikes I landed on him during my repeated back and forth. For a pure speed type like him even my normal punches would make all his muscle cry in pain but with my 100% strike I can indeed confirm that bone were breaking. And that not accounting for my last strike that I imbued with a majority of my remaining magic power.
However when the dust cleared the sight that I was met with was not one of where the snake was unconscious on the ground but rather standing perfectly fine or as perfectly fine as some scratches and a dangling unusable arm goes.
Back To Zaxan POV
Maaaaan~ that was close I almost got KOed there. Thankfully I managed to get a grasp of myself mid way to change tactics from controlling the friction between his fist and the air to transferring to damage toward my organs and then redirecting it away at the last second.
Still I didn't expect the Pillar to give this much support to Vali while it busy making sure that the fodders fighting Kokabiel doesn't accidently get killed off. I mean multiple 'sudden power up' along hiding one of his attacks from me is something that I thought would be 'strenuous'. Well first time for everything. Guess this is the expected 'support' given to a 'main character'. Gonna have to make multiple changes in my plan for the upcoming match between Riser and Rias if that's the case.
Meanwhile over on this side of the spectrum I already gotten nerfed multiple times before even this fight started. Not physically speaking but technique wise.
After all before I am a pure speed type I am a Hax type. Meaning I have multiple abilities that can instantly one shot somebody unless they have a specific counter to it. In my 'prime' I had a plethora of such abilities but now I only about over a dozen usable ones and they all cost extreme amount of MP even by my standard. The ones that don't got there 'effect' nerfed to the ground to the point that there no longer a reason to really use them. This especially hurt since my original 'main' ability is amongst them.
Anyway now that he has been given this much 'support' and have pushed me so far I got no choice but to use one of my remaining HAX abilities. Before that however.
Time Alter Octuple Accel
Raising my speed to adjust to the 'enhanced' Vali. I pointed my fingers toward Vali positioning my fingers in such a way that it would be shaped like a gun.
Of course Vali wasn't dumbed enough to stand to just float in one spot as I tried something. So he moved erratically throughout the battlefield to make my life harder for me. Sadly however with new Accel I could easily keep up with his movement. In fact for me it as if he moving in slow motion.
Repositioning my aim with a single " Bang" a gigantic hole was made in Vali stomach. On top of that he suddenly crashed into the ground at extreme high speed.
All Negating Force. The Attack used to put a hole in Vali stomach just now. An ability that let me control strong force or rather negate it. By negating the nuclear force that hold one's very atoms together I can basically disperse entire part of someone's body.
Usually this would be an ability that would get nerfed to the point of becoming unusable. However since Force manipulation as a whole is part of my current 'main' power set. It became an 'exception' like existence that similar to Rizevim SG canceler. By that I mean In the context of the 'story' at first it may seems Overpowered from the Protag perspective however there always some kind of stupidly vague weakness to it power.
So it only got nerfed a lot. For instance I could in the past dispersed an entire person but now only certain body part if I concentrate hard. There also the insane mana cost that I have to spend so I can only use this in reserve. All that plus the stupidly vague weakness I have yet discover.
As for what sent Vali crashing down from Heaven that ability would be.
All Crashing Force. Basically I increase Gravity to push thing down. Pretty basic so it wasn't nerfed to much. Limit now is that I can't increase Gravity beyond a certain point so don't be expecting me to pop black hole out of my ass anytime soon. There also once again a stupidly high mana cost. No vague weakness though so that a plus.
Anyway after that attack Vali was no doubt down for the count and this ain't speculation from where I am standing I can clearly see him KO on the ground with his Balance Break off.
With that part of my plan over and from what I can sense Kokabiel soon to be eventual defeat. I can safely look toward the next major 'event' in this 'story' the 3 faction gathering. The place where I make my appearance upon the world stage.
